In January-August Sakhalin region mined 4.7 million tons of coal, up 1.4-fold YoY. At present 10 enterprises mine for coal in the region, with two companies – Solntsevskiy coal pit LLC and Gornyak LLC – accounting for 65%. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsMetalloinvest has changed the composition of its board of directors. The new board comprises Ivan Streshinsky, chairman, Galina Aglyamova, independent non-executive director, Andrey Varichev, executive director, Valery Kazikayev, independent non-executive director, Nikolay Krylov, independent non-executive director, Irina Lupicheva, non-executive director, Pavel Mitrofanov, non-executive director, Gleb Kostikov, non-executive director, and Dmitry Tarasov, independent director. The board…
DetailsIn January-July Russia exported 8.17 million tons of steel semi-finished products, down by 3.8% YoY, valued at $3.227 billion, up by 39.3%. In July exports totaled 1.08 million tons, down by 1.5% MoM. Taiwan was the main importer of semi-finished products (21%), at the average price of $345 per ton FOB Russian border. Turkey’s share…
DetailsIndia intends to purchase uranium from Uzbekistan to replenish its strategic reserves. The parties are currently negotiating the matter. The first meetings of the delegations took place two months after the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana. The…
DetailsRussia’s United Metallurgical Company (OMK) expects revenue to grow on the year in 2017, while EBIDTA may remain flat, core owner and the board of directors’ Chairman Anatoly Sedykh reported. In 2016, OMK’s revenue fell by 13% YoY, to 140 billion rubles and EBITDA decreased by 1%, to 34.9 billion rubles. “I think that the…
DetailsInterpipe has initiated a revision of the size of the antidumping duty on some types of seamless pipes originating from Ukraine. “We have initiated the revision, as 13% do not correspond to the current situation”, the company finances and economy director Denis Morozov noted. The current duty of 13% will be valid till July 2018.…
DetailsIn January-June Anglo Asian Mining was selling gold mined in Azerbaijan at the average price of $1.238 thousand per ounce. “The price increase witnessed in 2016, continued in H1 2017 as well. In January-June we were selling gold on average for $1.238 thousand per ton as against $1.23 thousand in 2016”, the company stated. The…
DetailsIn July, according to the customs statistics, Russia exported 548 thousand tons of ferrous scrap, down by 7.7% MoM and by 3% YoY. In June scrap exports grew by 39.9% and by 6%, while in May they dropped by 13% and by 29% respectively. In January-July Russia exported 2.7 million tons of scrap, down by…
DetailsIn July Russia exported 308.6 thousand tons of pig iron, down by 43% MoM, but up by 35.7% YoY. In June pig iron exports increased by 38% MoM, but decreased by 14.7% YoY, while in May they were up by 183% and down by 12.1% respectively. In January-July exports totaled 2.56 million tons, down by…
DetailsIn August Vostsibugol LLC mined 887.9 thousand tons of coal at its three pits in Irkutsk region, up by 18% YoY. In particular, the Cheremkhovsky and Golovinsky sites of the Cheremkhovugol pit yielded 283.7 thousand tons, Tulunugol pit – 543.2 thousand tons, and the youngest pit of the company – Zheronsky – 60.9 thousand tons.…
DetailsThe authorities of Nizniy Novgorod region intend to provide Vyksa Iron and Steel Works with preferences of almost 8 billion rubles on the project to create casing, oil-and-gas and compressor pipes manufacture. VMZ could get a regional support of profit and assets tax exemption if it carries out the project. Investments total 41 billion rubles.…
DetailsIn January-July Mechel-Service increased metal sales from warehouses by 2% YoY. “In 7 months of 2016 we shipped 852 thousand tons of products, this year – 871 thousand tons. Our sales network has expanded: we have opened a site in Biysk. Soon our subsidiaries will appear in Izhevsk and Volgograd”, the company CEO Leonid Polyansky…
DetailsAccording to the Mariupol city council member Maksim Borodin, Azovstal had another chemical attack on the city. “A strong east wind carries Azovstal pollutions to the Ilyanskaya and Slobodka (city districts). I reported to the contact-center. They promised to send a mobile lab”, he posted on his Facebook page. Local citizens in their comments to…
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